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Abstract: We consider the use of Quantifier Elimination (QE) technology for automated
reasoning in economics. There is a great body of work considering QE
applications in science and engineering but we demonstrate here that it also
has use in the social sciences. We explain how many suggested theorems in
economics could either be proven, or even have their hypotheses shown to be
inconsistent, automatically via QE.
However, economists who this technology could benefit are usually unfamiliar
with QE, and the use of mathematical software generally. This motivated the
development of a Mathematica Package TheoryGuru, whose purpose is to lower the
costs of applying QE to economics. We describe the package's functionality and
give examples of its use.